...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
On April 3 this year, the family received a threat letter from the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), who wrote that Aitzaz was neither a martyr nor a hero and the media should stop presenting him as a national icon, the dear departed's brother Mujtaba Hasan Bangash told DawnNews.
In the letter, the turbans also warned Mujtaba against visiting government offices and talking to media personnel or "he will be responsible for [any] loss".
According to Mujtaba, whose family lives in the Ibrahimzai area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
's Hangu district
... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them...
, he wrote letters to Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
...
Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain
publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
, inspector general Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, IG Frontier Constabulary (FC) and Commander Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Corps Lt-Gen Nazir Ahmed Butt and asked for protection in the wake of Taliban threats.
The authorities have yet to respond to his requests and provide security to the family, Mujtaba said.
Just after receiving the threat letter on April 3, Mujtaba had lodged a First Information Report in Hangu Police Station.
Mujtaba also expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
at the state of security of the school where his brother laid down his life in January 2014 and saved hundreds of other school children.